The Big Mitt and Blue Point Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.60583, -111.78833
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Big Mitt and Blue Point Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Mitt and Blue Point Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood Canyon Mouth Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OTHER UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3 PPM MO
Analytical Data: 90 PPM ZN
Analytical Data: 70 PPM PB
Analytical Data: 50 PPM CU
Analytical Data: .07 PPM AU
Analytical Data: DUMP SAMPLE 1 PPM AG
Materials
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Production): SEVERAL SMALL SHIPMENTS PRIOR TO 1913
Comment (Workings): 6 ADITS FROM 65-230 FT. IN LENGTH REPORTED IN 1907. ON SITE INVESTIGATION SHOWS SEVERAL PROSPECTS AND 3 ADITS
Comment (Deposit): TUNNELS EXTEND EASTERLY INTO THE CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN THESE TWO FORMATIONS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): ARGILLIZED PLAGIOCLASE AND QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS UP TO 1 CM. IN. DIAMETER
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 114, P. 49, TABLE 5.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH = USGS MAP GQ-377.
Reference (Production): JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 49.
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